Wednesday, May 7, 2014

SAINT JOHN SOAN DE GOTO

St. John Soan de Goto
John Soan de Goto, SJ
Feast day: February 6

Death: 1597

Japanese martyr of Japan. He was only nineteen at the time of his crucifixion at Nagasaki with many companions.

John Soan de Goto, SJ, a 19-year-old native Japanese who was admitted to the Jesuits in prison shortly before his martyrdom. Prior to that he was a temporal-coadjutor of the Society of Jesus and catechist at Osaka